Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family Free Audiobook Download by Robert Kolker

"I came to California in 1978 full of all these great ideas," he tells me, then pauses. "And my first day of work I found myself shoveling horse shit!"

In this memoir, Kolker explores the tensions and struggles of five members of a single family living in Newtown, Connecticut. The family's story is all about faith, purpose, and life after a tragedy. Kolker opens his book by talking about the way America has changed in recent decades: "The country's moral compass has gone haywire. . . . We have become like a nation of addicts or alcoholics; addicted to consumption, addicted to distraction."

In the beginning, Robert Kolker sets up the family that he's going to talk about: You know, the author's husband and their two children. You see them on weekends and holidays in typical American family settings, like Thanksgiving or a Disney World trip. Then, one day when they go out for a drive, their car breaks down in Philadelphia and they have to turn back.

This story tells the journey of Robert Kolker, author and journalist, who's research questions why America is so addicted to guns. His journey takes him from California to Indiana where he interviews family members of people who have been shot in gun-related tragedies. He examines their pain and the frustration they feel with the government's and media's inability to find a solution to gun violence.

This audiobook features twists and turns. This is a true story of an American family living in the country side that was taken over by different types of parasites. The beginning starts off with the mom's delivering their first baby and how the father is struggling to take care of them. The narrator, Sean Pratt, does an amazing job on this book.

In Hidden Valley Road, Robert Kolker tells the story of an American family living in two small houses on a road in Florida's retirement community. Ray, who is over 60, tells the story of how he was forced to move there after his wife died. The book follows their struggle to maintain a social life despite all the other seniors in the area.